IMG_20151030_094122278About Us:
End Child Hunger SC is comprised of numerous partners in the Midlands region of the state including: school districts, the faith community, state agencies, civic organizations, and local non-profits that want to solve the issue of childhood hunger in our state. End Child Hunger SC believes that a comprehensive approach involving: awareness, capacity building of families, and program outreach of child nutrition programs will allow for more youth to not go to bed hungry.
Mission:
End Child Hunger SC, housed in the University of South Carolina’s Center for Research in Nutrition and Health Disparities, aims to build awareness, increase community capacity, and create a coordinated effort to address child hunger in SC.
History:
Multi-sector stakeholders initially convened in 2013 as a part of the Midlands Family Study, a study conducted out of the Center that identified community, programmatic, and policy approaches for addressing this public health issue. This group met on a quarterly basis to tackle the issue of childhood hunger. In 2015 the group transitioned from a group that met frequently into a new initiative called End Child Hunger SC.